Boot hanger



March 3, 1936., c. c. HAUMERSON BOOT HANGER Filed Sept. 15, 1935/7v\/E/v TUE 15%] v Patented Mar. 3, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 6Claims.

My invention relates to devices for holding and suspending rubber bootsin a manner as to permit the inside of the boot to dry readily and, inthe instance of rubber hip boots, to prevent the boot from breaking atthe point where the flexible thigh coverage is joined to the stiffercalf covering portion of the said boot.

The upper or thigh covering portion of most of the boots manufacturedtoday is flexible to per- 10 mit the said flexible portion to be foldeddown over the stiffer portion in the form of a cuff in order tofacilitate the putting on and removal of the boot and to support theupper flexible portion when the boot is not in use. Furthermore, thesaid flexible portion is cuffed about the top edge of the stiff portionwhen the user desires to protect only the calf portion of his legs.

When the boots are not in use, the owner usually cuffs the top flexibleportion in order to prevent the said flexible portion from drooping ontothe floor. This cuffing of the flexible portion, as above stated, causesthe boot to crack in the folds of the cuff.

My device permits of the storing of boots in an inverted position as toallow the flexible portion to be fully extended and thus preventcracking of the boot due to the folds necessary in forming a cuff.

Another object the use of my device accomplishes is that due to the factthat boots may be suspended in inverse position, the said boots may bereadily hung over a stove and the heat reflected therefrom will quicklydry the inside thereof.

In order to fully understand my invention, reference should be had tothe accompanying drawing in which: 1

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of one of my boot holding devices;

Fig. 2 is a side plan view showing the boot positioned within theholder; and

Fig. 3 is a detailed view disclosing a method of aflixing the spannermember to one of the wedge plates.

In the drawing the numeral I will hereinafter be used to designate aspanner member which is made of stiff bronze wire approximately aneighth of an inch in diameter, the ends of which are bent downwardly toreceive wedge plates and the middle bowed to provide a seat for a hook II, the lower end of which is bent upon itself to prevent separation ofthe hook from the spanner member, the upper end being bent in a halfradius to provide means for readily suspending the assembled device. Tothe opposed downwardly bent ends of the spanner member are attachedclamping plates l2 and i3. The said plates are of metal and the upperedges are bent outwardly at approximately right angles and drilled as atI4 and I5 to receive the downwardly bent ends of the spanner member.

Flanges l6 and I? are formed in the side of the wedge plates, theoperation of forming the said flanges consisting of perforating themetal with a U-shaped punch, forcing the tongues so formed outwardly toan angle of 90 degrees from the outer face of the wedge member anddrilling the said bent-out flange as to take the ends of the spannermember.

It is to be noted that the perforations l4 and I5 in the flange formedby bending the top edge of the wedge members outwardly and theperforations in the flanges l6 and I! are aligned so that when the wedgemembers are affixed to the downwardly bent ends of the spanner memberand the extremities of the said spanner member are crimped, the wedgeplates will be so fixed to the spanner member as to permit limitedrotation of the said plates, the limitation being contact of the wedgeplates one against the other when one or both are rotated. Thisrotatability of the said wedge plates permits of the rotation of each inthe same direction as to place the inside surfaces of the plates incontact with each other, thus allowing the assembled device to be packedflat.

It is to be further noted that the lower edgesof the plates are formedin a convolute curve and the angle of the bend of. the ends of thespanner member is such that when the wedge plates are affixed to thesaid ends, the said plates taper towards each other from top to bottomas to permit wedging of the inverted last portion of a boot between thetwo plates, allowing the upper portion of the boot to extend downwardlybetween the bottom edges of the wedge plates.

The device functions as follows:

The boot to be suspended is inverted, the heel is inserted between twoopposed wedge plates. The boot is then forced inwardly between the saidplates until the plates clamp said boot approximately midway of the toeand heel, whereupon the user may hang the boot in a desirable place,preferably some distance from the floor as to permit the suspended cuffto clear the said floor.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent is:

1. A boot hanger comprising in combination a spanner member andrelatively rotatable clamping members mounted upon the extremities ofsaid spanner member.

2. A boot hanger comprising in combination a spanner membentheextremities of which are bent downwardly, relatively rotatable wedgeplates mounted upon the said downwardly bent extremities.

3. A boot hanger comprising'in combination a spanner member, theextremities of which are bent downwardly, wedge plates having limitedrotatable movement mounted upon the said downwardly bent extremities ofthe said spanner memher.

4. A boot hanger comprising in combination a spanner member, theextremities of which are bent downwardly, wedge plates having a limitedrotatable movement mounted upon the said downwardly bent extremities ofthe said spanner member, the said plates being formed in a convolutecurve in their face and being fixed on the extremities of the spannermember in a manner as to cause the face of the said plates to taperinwardly from top to bottom.

5. A boot hanger comprising a resilient sub-'- stantially U-shapedspanner member having downwardly extending converging leg portions, anda pair of elongated clamping plates rotatably team mounted upon the legportions of said spanner member, the rotatable mounting of said platesproviding for the movement of said plates to an operative position atright angles to said spanner member with the plates in opposed spacedparallel relation to define a boot receiving opening diminished in widthtoward the lower edges of the plates or to an inoperative positionsubstantially parallel with said spanner member with the plates incontact with each other.

6. A boot hanger comprising a resilient sub stantially U-shaped spannermember having downwardly extending converging leg portions, and avpairof elongated plates located between and rotatably mounted intermediatethe ends thereof upon the legs of said U-shaped spanner member, therotatable mounting of said plates providing for the movement of saidplates to an CLIFFORD C. HAULJERSON.

